Patience Quotes

The hardest virtue. Waiting, enduring, and trusting that things take the time they take.

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"Commerce teaches us that patience is the virtue of the wise."
John Wanamaker
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"Patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to maintain a positive attitude while waiting."
James Cash Penney
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"I have learned that patience is not the absence of action, but right timing."
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
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"Patience is the companion of wisdom."
Owen D. Young
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"Patience builds character."
Owen D. Young
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"Patience is not the absence of action, but action taken with purpose."
Frank Woolworth
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"The roots of great things are always planted in small, unseen places."
Frank Woolworth
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"Patience is the companion of wisdom and the parent of peace."
Frank Woolworth
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"Patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to maintain a positive attitude while waiting."
Marshall Field
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"I have learned that patience is a virtue."
Walter Chrysler
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"Patience is not the absence of action, but right action at the right time."
Harvey Firestone
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"Patience with others is an extension of patience with yourself."
Harvey Firestone
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"Disappointment is always the result of unmet expectations."
James Cash Penney
"I believe that patience is a virtue that is often overlooked."
John D. Rockefeller Jr.
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"Patience is the greatest of all virtues."
Guglielmo Marconi
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"Patience is the virtue of the strong."
Guglielmo Marconi
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"Patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to maintain a positive attitude while waiting."
Owen D. Young
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"Patience in business is like patience in gardening - both require time to yield their harvest."
Frank Woolworth
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"Patience in strategy, urgency in execution - that's the winning formula."
Walter Chrysler
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"Patience is not passive waiting but active trust in the unfolding of destiny."
James Cash Penney
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"Patience is the virtue of the strong."
George Eastman
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"Patience is not the absence of action; it is strategic timing."
Harvey Firestone
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"Progress requires both vision and the patience to build it brick by brick."
Harvey Firestone
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"Patience is not passivity; it is strategic wisdom."
Owen D. Young
"I have always believed that the surest way to success is through systematic effort and patience."
John D. Rockefeller Jr.
"Patience is not weakness; it is the strength to wait for the right moment."
John D. Rockefeller Jr.
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"Wealth gained hastily will diminish, but he who gathers by labor will increase."
James Cash Penney
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"A merchant's reputation is built one transaction at a time."
James Cash Penney
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"Patience is not passive; it is the active discipline of waiting for the right moment."
Owen D. Young
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"A man without patience is a man without peace."
Walter Chrysler